1st Action UK

Analysis

1st Action UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in June 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 1st Action UK reported income of £33k and spending of £23k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £19k to £33k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 149%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, 1st Action UK sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sheffield Family Holiday Fund (£33k), The Island of Portland Heritage Trust (£33k) and Julia Mary Wood Charitable Trust (£33k).